Sunday, 3 January 2021
Communicating!
I am getting worse I think. I woke up , looked at the clock and saw that it was past eight oclock! So I got up , got dressed and came downstairs to make a coffee. Nothing else is moving so I checked...it was actually about half past seven....too early to be up on a Sunday with no services to take. So clearly my take on reality gets more clouded day by day. Now downstairs with my coffe half drunk I marvel at the silence. with virtually no traffic all is quiet, all is still. I have yet to hear any cars at all out there...so perhaps its me...maybe I died in the night and just dont know it yet! But no....my first cup of coffee went down very well...and that wouldnt happen if I was dead. Ive checked and my heating is working, the radiators are hot so thats something to be very grateful for and I am! Its just all very strange. I have checked my fridge and have enough food for a little while and I am feeling thankful that my appetite is much smaller now I am old. I seem to have enough alcohol too thank goodness. A girl has to have a hobby! Especially in old age.This pandemic is throwing up some unlikely scenarios..and me thanking God for the gift of a bottle of Scotch is one of them.
So on we go...I will sing a few hymns as I go...and hope to be able to post this . Communicating has become very important just now.
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Good morning Jean. Full marks for realising it is Sunday!! I’m still confused 🤣
It’s sunny here in Suffolk this morning and I’ve already been out for a lovely walk where I was serenaded by a robin in a hedge!
Enjoy your hymn singing!
Good morning Jean, I have actually arrived at your blog on the day it was posted.
I am not in Church today as it is closed due to our vicars family having to isolate due to a track and trace contact telling them that there was a contact with someone who had tested positive for the virus. Several parishioners who are key players are also positive. So we are closing for the 10 days for isolation and I am berift.
I was due to do stuff this week and next week, which I had prepared, now they will just be passed over. Next service will probably be 17th Jan at the earliest.
And two Church funerals will have to go to the Crem with another Priest taking them.
These are the risk Clergy take day in, day out, as they mix, visit and try their hardest to be safe and keep us safe.
Praying for your well being, thankful that you are no longer ministering and at risk.
Actually you would be amazed at how often I am asked to help in some way...people have long memories...my being officially retired has made no difference. I will always help if I can...and I do . It’s part of my vows. ...when I took them there was no clause in my mind that said I will pray, visit, help until I get too old. So I do.!
That is good. I did not mean to imply that your ministry had ended, just that you no longer had to open Churches for services or visit people for pastoral reasons on a daily basis.
I appreciate that there are other ways to offer care, over the phone or video calls, which I do as the need arises. But while the virus is so rampant and without a vaccination for protection for both those we care for and for ourselves, that is to much of a risk, particularly as like you I am vulnerable due to my age and I am also diabetic, and my spouse needs protection due to her age, her stroke last year and other underlying conditions.
I miss active ministry in the community, while I have been able to do things in Church, but I can't open the church for private prayer as I used to do daily, nor am I able to meet people in their homes or gardens. This extends too my grand children living across the road with their mother. It hurts and is a cause of anxiety as keeping up with people has been my life for years now. One of those I visited regularly, died in Hospital alone last week. And I grieve for him as we had become friends over several years of my visiting him with home communion. He was a church musician and singer of note and he will be missed by many, not just by his family circle and close friends.
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